After a week of traveling and touring Italy, I'm home! It was the most amazing trip, and even though my expectations were high the country still blew me away with it's cuisine, history, and culture. So you all won't be spammed at once with a week's worth of pictures and blogging, I decided to take it a few days at a time.
After we landed in Milan, we drove along the Italian Alps to Verona, the home of Romeo and Juliet, before continuing on our journey to our hotel in the Padua area. During the drive we stopped at a cafe where some of us tried real Italian espresso (Not me! I stuck with my hot chocolate instead!) and had a light breakfast to tide us over until lunch time. Once in Verona we went to Juliet's balcony and the note covered wall that is found in the movie: Letters to Juliet. We also toured around the city and saw a historic arena before heading to lunch.
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| Jamie made sure to get a picture with the famous wall from her favorite movie! |
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| Next to the wall were thousands of locks hanging with names of lovers written on each lock. |
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| The view from the arena. |
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| It may look like the famous Rome coliseum but actually is a smaller version of the Rome version |
For lunch, we found a small restaurant in a side alley that served the most delicious pizza and pasta. It was challenging to speak to the waiter because of the language barrier, but as the days went on we could understand more of what the Italians were saying. After lunch we went to a gelato shop and I had the most delicious Nutella flavored gelato.
Our first day was amazing but there was much more to come in the next week: Stay Tuned for our Day In Venice!
Love,
Natalie
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